PHRASEOLOGICAL UNITS WITH THE LEXEME PSE ‘SOUL’ IN THE ADYGHE LANGUAGE

Abstract

The authors choose phraseological units with the somatic component pse ‘soul’ found in the Adyghe language as a subject of the study. At the same time, their main scientific interest lies in some features of this lexeme-somatism in phraseological units in this language. For this purpose, such expressions have been differentiated into groups depending on the specific semantics. The study is conducted from the perspective of structural and grammatical organization; parallels are drawn with similar phrases existing in the Russian language. To achieve the task, such methods as semantic, translation, and statistical analysis are used. In the course of the study, the authors state that the linguistic material that allows studying the relevant phraseological units requires deeper immersion. During the analysis of phraseological units with the lexeme pse; it is revealed that seven groups of phraseological units containing this lexeme can be distinguished, used most often: to express a personal attitude to the interlocutor; ‘death’; ‘fright’; ‘living being’; ‘fatigue’; ‘torment’; ‘do not pity anyone.’ Near future scientists will have a deal with new discoveries in the study of the phraseological units semantic and structural-grammatical components, which contain the corresponding lexeme.